in reply to "readmore" tags in "preview"

The effect of readmore tags *is* visible in preview. I believe readmore text shows in a grey background by default. You can always adjust your personal style if you want something else.

Is there a way to have "preview" do a real preview?

When viewing a node with readmore tags, the contents of the readmore *are* showed. Same goes for preview. I guess you want a *fake* preview of some sort. Any suggestions?

and that when I use the pre-tag <readmore title="blah blah blah..."> That I didn't misspell or mistype the title portion.

Well, you could look in the text box. My problem is that I always forget the name of the attribute.

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Re^2: "readmore" tags in "preview"
by ack (Deacon) on Aug 18, 2009 at 15:52 UTC

    Thanks, ikegami, for your reply. I really appreciate it.

    For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, the <readmore> text in my "preview" does not show any signs of "different" formatting (e.g., grey background). Hence, for example in my post to SoPW where I forgot the post-tag </readmore>, there was nothing that gave me any clue in the "preview" that I'd made that mistake. All the text looks the same whether I have <readmore> tags or not.

    When I inquired Is there a way to have "preview" do a real preview? I was simply meaning that it would be nice if the "preview" showed exactly what would appear in the post...e.g, <readmore> tags would be collapsed, exacly like it would appear in the final, created, post.

    Unfortunately, of course, I think it would probably be too complex and cumbersome to be able to click on the collapsed <readmore> and get it to expand like it does in the posted version.

    So I guess the way it works today is probably the best solution. The only other thing I can think of would be some sort of "preview" choice that would either "show" or "not show" the collapsed version of what one wrote. That would be, IMHO, a lot of extra extra work and complexity that just isn't really worth it.

    Having the text in the <readmore> look "different" (e.g, different color or whatever) between the <readmore> tags as it is implemented today and as ikegami suggested in his response, is probably the best solution.

    Now if I could just get my "preview" to show such text as "different". Thanks, again, ikegami.

    ack Albuquerque, NM
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      For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, the <readmore> text in my "preview" does not show any signs of "different" formatting

      I logged out and previewed a post containing the following: 

      foo
<readmore>
bar
</readmore>
baz

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      "bar" had a (very) light grey background. You have changed to a theme that doesn't do that, your personal CSS overrides it, or your monitor's calibration is off.

      I was simply meaning that it would be nice if the "preview" showed exactly what would appear in the post.

      Again, it already does that, ...

      e.g, <readmore> tags would be collapsed,

      ...readmore sections are expanded (not collapsed) when you view a post with readmore tags. Readmore secions are collapsed when embedding the post in another post.

      Now if I could just get my "preview" to show such text as "different".

      I think I mentioned you could change your personal CSS. Specifically, do something with the "readmore" CSS class. 

      .readmore {
    border: solid red 0.5em;
}

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